Opole Voivodeship

Opole Voivodeship is one of the 16 voivodeships of Poland. It is in the south of the country. Its name derived from its capital city, . The region has been a part of Poland since the beginning of the Polish statehood, with many remains of the ancient…
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is the capital city of Voivodeship, in south west . The historical capital of Upper Silesia was badly damaged during the USSR invasion of Silesia at the end of World War II, but many fine houses in the old town have been rebuilt.

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is a town in Opole Voivodeship, in south west . is in the historic Silesia region at the confluence of the river and its Złoty Potok tributary.

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is a medieval town in Opole Voivodeship, located halfway between and . It was founded in the middle of 13th century.

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is a medieval town in Opole Voivodeship, . The town of 44,000 inhabitants was an important regional centre during the Middle Ages. Today the centre of the town is a combination of medieval sights and post-war buildings.

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is a town in the Opole Voivodeship in southern . The town actually consists of two historical towns that got merged, being Kędzierzyn and Koźle.

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is a town in Opole Voivodeship, in south west . is an administrative seat of Gmina . is in the historic Silesia region at the confluence of the river.

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is a small village in south-west in the Opole Voivodeship, known for its notable castle.

Opole Voivodeship

Latitude of center
50.8919° or 50° 53′ 31″ north
Longitude of center
17.9321° or 17° 55′ 56″ east
Population
942,000
Elevation
154 metres (505 feet)
Abbreviation
“OP”
Open­Street­Map ID
node 505029615
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­state
Geo­Names ID
3337495
Wiki­data ID
Q54171
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In Other Languages

From Amharic to Zeeuws—“Opole Voivodeship” goes by many names.
  • Amharic: “ኦፖሌ ቮይቮድሺፕ”
  • Arabic: “محافظة أوبولسكي”
  • Arabic: “محافظة أوبولي”
  • Aragonese: “Voivodato d’Opole”
  • Armenian: “Օպոլյան վոյեվոդություն”
  • Armenian: “Օպոլյան վոյևոդություն”
  • Asturian: “Voivodatu d’Opole”
  • Azerbaijani: “Opole Voivodliyi”
  • Azerbaijani: “Opole voyevodluğu”
  • Balinese: “Voivodeship Opole”
  • Basque: “Opoleko voivoderria”
  • Belarusian: “Апольскае ваяводзтва”
  • Belarusian: “Апольскае ваяводства”
  • Bengali: “ওপোল ভয়ভোডেশিপ”
  • Bengali: “ওপোল ভোইভোডশিপ”
  • Bosnian: “Opolsko vojvodstvo”
  • Bulgarian: “Ополско войводство”
  • Catalan: “Voivodat d’Opole”
  • Cebuano: “Województwo Opolskie”
  • Chechen: “Ополен воеводалла”
  • Chinese: “Opole Séng”
  • Chinese: “奥波莱省”
  • Chinese: “奧波萊省”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Opole voyevodalığı”
  • Croatian: “Opolsko vojvodstvo”
  • Czech: “Opolské vojvodství”
  • Danish: “Voivodskabet Opole”
  • Danish: “Województwo opolskie”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Opole”
  • Dutch: “Opole”
  • Dutch: “Woiwodschap Opole”
  • Erzya: “Опольскоень воеводства”
  • Esperanto: “Opola provinco”
  • Esperanto: “Opola Provinco”
  • Esperanto: “Opola vojevodio”
  • Esperanto: “Opola vojevodujo”
  • Esperanto: “Opolio”
  • Estonian: “Opole vojevoodkond”
  • Finnish: “Opolen voivodikunta”
  • French: “Opole”
  • French: “Opolskie”
  • French: “Silésie d’Opole”
  • French: “voïvodie d’Opole”
  • French: “Voïvodie d’Opole”
  • Galician: “Opole”
  • Galician: “Voivodato de Opole”
  • Georgian: “ოპოლეს სავოევოდო”
  • German: “Oppeln”
  • German: “Woiwodschaft Opole”
  • German: “Woiwodschaft Oppeln”
  • Greek: “Βοεβοδάτο Οπόλε”
  • Gujarati: “ઑપોલ વોઈવોડેશીપ”
  • Hakka Chinese: “O-pô-lòi-sén”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Opolskie”
  • Hausa: “Opole Voivodeship”
  • Hebrew: “אופולה”
  • Hebrew: “אופולסקי”
  • Hindi: “ऑपोल”
  • Hindi: “ओपोले वोईवोडीशिप”
  • Hungarian: “Opolei vajdaság”
  • Icelandic: “Opole”
  • Ido: “Provinco Opole”
  • Indonesian: “Provinsi Opole”
  • Italian: “voivodato di Opole”
  • Italian: “Voivodato di Opole”
  • Japanese: “オポーレ県”
  • Japanese: “オポレ県”
  • Javanese: “Opole Voivodeship”
  • Javanese: “Provinsi Opole”
  • Kannada: “ಒಪೋಲ್ ವಾಯಿವೊಡೆಶಿಪ್”
  • Kashubian: “Òpòlsczé wòjewództwò”
  • Kazakh: “Опольское воеводство”
  • Kirghiz: “Ополе воеводалыгы”
  • Kirghiz: “Ополе воеводдугу”
  • Kirghiz: “Опольское Войводстава”
  • Korean: “오폴레주”
  • Latin: “Palatinatus Opoliensis”
  • Latin: “vaivodatus Opoliensis”
  • Latvian: “Opoles vojevodiste”
  • Limburgan: “Woiwodsjap Opole”
  • Lithuanian: “Opolės vaivadija”
  • Lombard: “Opolskie”
  • Low German: “Woiwodschop Oppeln”
  • Macedonian: “Ополско Војводство”
  • Malay: “Opole Voivodeship”
  • Malay: “Wilayah Opole”
  • Manx: “Queiggey Opole”
  • Marathi: “ओपोल्स्का प्रांत”
  • Mazanderani: “اوپوله اوستان”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Opolskie Séng”
  • Mingrelian: “ოპოლეშ სავოევოდე”
  • Mongolian: “Ополе муж”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oppeln (Prowins)”
  • Northern Frisian: “Oppeln”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Opole voivodskap”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Opole-voivodskapet”
  • Norwegian: “Opole voivodskap”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Voivodat d’Opole”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Opole voivodscip”
  • Oromo: “Opole Voivodeship”
  • Ossetian: “Ополейы воеводæйад”
  • Panjabi: “ਓਪੋਲੇ ਵੌਇਵੋਡਸ਼ਿਪ”
  • Papiamento: “Voivodat di Opole”
  • Persian: “استان اوپوله”
  • Persian: “وویودشیپ اپوله”
  • Polish: “opolskie”
  • Polish: “województwo opolskie”
  • Polish: “Województwo opolskie”
  • Portuguese: “Opole”
  • Portuguese: “Província de Opole”
  • Portuguese: “Voivodia de Opole”
  • Pushto: “کویافسکو-پومورسکي”
  • Pushto: “وویودشیپ اپوله”
  • Quechua: “Opole suyu”
  • Romanian: “Voievodatul Opole”
  • Russian: “Опольское воеводство”
  • Serbian: “Војводство Опоље”
  • Serbian: “Војводство опољско”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Opolsko vojvodstvo”
  • Silesian: “Ôpolske wojewōdztwo”
  • Sinhala: “ඔපොලේ ප්‍රාන්තය”
  • Slovak: “Opolské vojvodstvo”
  • Slovenian: “Opolsko vojvodstvo”
  • Somali: “Opole Voivodeship”
  • South Azerbaijani: “اوپوله اوستانی”
  • Spanish: “Opole”
  • Spanish: “Voivodato de Opole”
  • Spanish: “Województwo opolskie”
  • Swahili: “Opole Voivodeship”
  • Swedish: “Opole vojvodskap”
  • Swedish: “Opplen”
  • Tajik: “Войводии Ополе”
  • Tamil: “ஓபோலே ஓய்வோடேஷிப்”
  • Tatar: “Опольское Войводстволыгы”
  • Telugu: “ఓపోల్ వోయివోడెషిప్”
  • Thai: “จังหวัดออปอแล”
  • Turkish: “Opole Voyvodalığı”
  • Turkish: “Opole”
  • Ukrainian: “Опольське воєводство”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Opolske wojewódstwo”
  • Urdu: “اوپولے صوبہ”
  • Uzbek: “Opole Voivodeship”
  • Venetian: “Voivodato de Opolski”
  • Vietnamese: “Opole”
  • Vietnamese: “Opolskie”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Opole”
  • Western Frisian: “Opole (woiwodskip)”
  • Western Frisian: “Opole”
  • Western Panjabi: “صوبہ اوپول”
  • Wu Chinese: “奥波莱省”
  • Yiddish: “אפאלער גובערניע”
  • Yiddish: “אפאלער וואיעוואדעשאפט”
  • Yue Chinese: “奧波萊省”
  • Zeeuws: “Opole”
  • Zeeuws: “Woiwodschap Opole”

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